Greehey CCRI Archives
NBC DFW:Zebrafish Used in Fight Against Childhood Cancer
December 12, 2017Zebrafish are rapidly becoming the ‘go-to’ animals in cancer research. Small and translucent, they breed rapidly, and take up little room. But most important; they grow transplanted cancer tumors in their little bodies very quickly. This gives doctors …
ABC12: Zebrafish helping in the fight against cancer
December 8, 2017Zebrafish are rapidly becoming the ‘go-to’ animals in cancer research. Small and translucent, they breed rapidly and take up little room. And they grow transplanted cancer tumors in their little bodies very quickly. This gives doctors a clear view of w …
San Antonio Express-News: Zebra fish help UT Health researcher find treatments for childhood cancers
October 9, 2017Kennedie Bailey celebrated her 11th birthday in May with a sleepover, but she can’t remember much about the details because, shortly after, she was shocked to learn that she had a rare cancer. Aggressive rhabdomyosarcoma develops from connective tissue …
Texas Public Radio: Zebrafish May Help Scientists Find New Cancer Treatments
August 10, 2017The key to finding a better way to treat a deadly form of childhood cancer may lie in a tiny fish. An unlikely animal model at UT Health San Antonio is helping scientists figure out how to tackle muscle tumors. Inside a fish lab at the Greehey Children …
Texas Public Radio: Zebrafish May Help Scientists Find New Cancer Treatments
August 10, 2017The key to finding a better way to treat a deadly form of childhood cancer may lie in a tiny fish. An unlikely animal model at UT Health San Antonio is helping scientists figure out how to tackle muscle tumors. Inside a fish lab at the Greehey Children …
UT Health SA Newsroom: Zebrafish model explains how recurring cancer may resist treatment
July 21, 2017UT Health San Antonio researchers are learning how stem cell biology causes 30 percent of children who have a rare muscle cancer to relapse and not respond to treatment. To do this, the lab of Myron Ignatius, PhD, at UT Health’s Greehey Children’s Canc …
UT Health SA Newsroom: Surprising finding using zebrafish model explains how recurring cancer may resist treatment
July 21, 2017SAN ANTONIO (July 21, 2017) ― UT Health San Antonio researchers are learning how stem cell biology causes 30 percent of children who have a rare muscle cancer to relapse and not respond to treatment. To do this, the lab of Myron Ignatius, PhD, at UT He …
Cell Report: The NOTCH1/SNAIL1/MEF2C Pathway Regulates Growth and Self-Renewal in Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma
June 13, 2017Myron S Ignatius 1, Madeline N Hayes 2, Riadh Lobbardi 2, Eleanor Y Chen 3, Karin M McCarthy 4, Prethish Sreenivas 5, Zainab Motala 6, Adam D Durbin 7, Aleksey Molodtsov 4, Sophia Reeder 4, Alexander Jin 4, Sivasish Sindiri 8, Brian C Beleyea 9, Deepak …
KSAT12: $10+ million grant helps survivor now working at cancer institute that saved him (Houghton, Chen, Ignatius, Shiio, mention)
June 17, 2016SAN ANTONIO – The doctors, staff and patients at the Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute are celebrating its latest grant, a $10.9 million donation from Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas.
SA Business Journal: Cancer money to boost local pediatric research
June 3, 2016The Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas has awarded nearly $11 million to the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in its latest funding round. That award includes $5 million to help establish the Texas Pediatric Pat …